Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-12-03
,uF HORSE " HISPERER." :"
.gy e~RANGK FEATS OF A CURER
Ov VICIOUS ANIMALS
.,,.,,y the Bitter - The Savage
King Pippin - Mysterious and
u,rttlou. Power.

At,tatV tn" Bitter - HE Savage
Kim Pippin - Mysterious and
4 uarltlou, Power.
IT,. e.nuon'y believed that there are
i .drgrt..'~ mysterious Influences by
So immediate asccndency is
- s.cr the horse, independent of
,f.~., ,y the rromptings Of affection.
1 ~,sr. ztr- ''Imerly living in the County
L., hfniIv who laid claim to the
.,..s- ... ut a secret by which the wild
......-f fjciOu, horse could be tanned
,-..,..c is said 10 have been originally
rra-,,i wa bohemian gypsy 10 the
4 ,-ir 1.,a of the family. century and Il
80 ,u., AMI 10 haze Ecen regularly
,,s-.r rod as a parting legacy at the
I'm, { d,ath from the father 70 the .
] -c.t snH Possibly there may be Tesid-
,r,r County Cork scion Of the family
:. pact-lpg, with more or less success,
~ art + if9ree whispering" but it is
i !, io.u=Iulta1lc fact that at the com
rerr.lnent q the present century the
amal. CON sullivan, the then head Of
~ famiy- for miraculous cures Of Vi
,la.Is horses bad spread far and wide
frrNIt ilt'|.} tIfthtlI.
Among thc many we'll attes,ed ac-
,o1nf4>of the-wonderful achievements Of
rou-su u,ie n "thc Nhls, erer, the
pryir.l uhhD be rendered to Colonel
We,tenra. who aftcrward succeeded to
rbe title # Ro4smOre, were the talk Of the
xhole country The Colonel had
rcniid rnce Horse called Rainbow, and
h pa anslou5 to Iun him at the races
m III. CuTragh Of kildare; but he was
% wi,i and vicions that his owner found
that be must give up all thought of bring
Dg HIM out and running him. He would
bite everyone who went near him (like
be present Lord Fa,mouth's brute Muley
Fdrs. who "eavaged" the late Fred
Archer ann, and it was necessary to
lie ny his bead when the groom who at
ended him was with him. If hose
rhanccd to he near him, he was sure to
h', hiu oI>trv to. and the legs Of the
iorkey UhD attemptc to moGnt him did
not .cape his fAngS. Lord Doner,ile
nIl h. know a person who could cure
him The Colonel could not believe
him. and wager Of 81, 600 was laid on
the matter. A messenger was de-
spa'chrd for Con Sullivan, who
wa, known throughout the country
Nde az the. Whlsperer, from the
exposition that he whispered into
H. horses car. by which means
he Quiefcl such n, were unrulv When
be vas t1l | the state Of Col. Westenra' )
ho'se h. desired to go into the stable
to-see him "You must wait until his
head j. tied up, " was said and repeated
bg those who were present. NO OcCa-
Ton, SAID Con, he won't bite me. "
So in he went, after peremptorily ord er-
ing M one to follow him till n given
,iRrd should imply that they mad his
Isralr~slon He then shut the door for
The uu'nviabIe tctc Il tete. In little
maGc than quarter Of an hour the sig
na was heard Those who had been
waiting in alarm for the result rushed in.
They found the horse extended on his
bark. playing like kitten with "'h'
VII sT"rct, who was quietly sitting by
hm 'oth horS" and operator appeared
t>h.n,tcl, particularly the latter, tt
whom il was necessary TO administer
ta"dy and other stimuIants before h,
cnt be- revived. III" horse was per
freely ton' and gentle from that day.
In III, spring of lSOi Mr.. Whaiey
King lIppin was brought out to run a
,hr Curagh # kildare He has beer
d'~'r rhc.l as a horse of the most savage
and vicious disposition; he had habi
q, II ~ Il, on1 Worrying any person wh'
. taHc -tts hlm. When he could turn hi
hstd.rnund he would seize the rider
al with his teeth and drag him from hi:
rack. The difficulty Of managing sucl
h"r-s may hc conceived, and on this oc
oS'00 II was impossible TO put a bride
on him The VIII eprrcr was now sen
''r H. remained shut up in the staht
g. might In the morning King PipplI
~ s'au following him like dog lyins
down a the wo,d tt command and per
n'Ja- any y ,rson, without resistance
b. f, bis hani into his mouth, while h
',''d ' gentle ~ lamb. lie wa
t".-At.'at in-;hc course of the 4. citing
~ JAN, aud won the race.
"tt Yuvrr If the Whisperer'
2" co. a. n Burrows Bible in Spain,
r. III Nhch. too it would appe1r that II
laa taken some lessons in his art
a'e"E Ero, thn ,c, lar" he cnargcs o
'Df -.J &C.. ami from what he says
".l.j appear that the cure Of the anlma
' '''c,cd ty word. The smith {
whom he speaks ,h@ tyIs us, uttered
We" " e}th have never heard before i
''h'.p and runGcnt-tone. The ct1et
upon mN'rf was something extraord
Ia. E." ra"-c thrjll ran through me hr
Sfh rt-afi 10 the co.. it wa, terr b
lh' animal forthwith became Ike or
us /, AMI r"ar,d and kicAel with IL
a'm ,'' de,p alton He aftcrward II
fF'd 'noth.r Won't IN voice SinguIarl
%o"..'1, bot >Ncrt and almost p'aintiv
~" '4ert Il II WAS jn>taataneo as tn
4" ~ other, but was different; the an
u."- ''' all t. fHry and became at on,
@.m and gentle This cNtraordinal
power hitherto So inc >pJcablc. ma
e.", perhaps, ho traced to me~merism
ny 81 h a. be| eve in il. st. Jdu.l.
Glst IT,